Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

However, the helmsman and lookout of each cargo ship have always maintained a high degree of concentration, and it can even be said to be a little nervous, because since the establishment of the new Greek alliance, this route from Salong Bay to Turri is busier than before. Too much, in the case of such a fast speed, we must be especially careful to prevent collisions. Similar accidents happen every year on this route.

Just as Hesklaus and the others were enjoying the sea breeze and enjoying the sea, the sound of "Qua! Ga! Ga!" suddenly sounded on board.

"It looks like a duck is calling?" Someone looked around suspiciously.

Hesklaus suddenly understood and shouted: "Lirias, did you bring your duck to the boat?!"

After a long while, Lirias got out of the cabin, hugged a white duck tightly in his hands, and said timidly: "Dad, I want Gaga to accompany me to Turey..."

Hesklaus roared angrily: "Why don't you tell me in advance—"

"Okay, okay." The friend next to him persuaded: "Isn't it just a duck, the child likes it, so let him take it with him, maybe this duck can help us get to the sea when we finish eating." Catch fish and eat."

"Hahaha..." Amidst the laughter, Lirias escaped a beating and scolding, and the little white duck became a relief for the crew during the voyage.

Even as night falls, the fleet is still sailing, because they have enough fresh water, so they don’t rush ashore to replenish them. And since Dionian took control of the mainland of Greece, in the past few years, many measures have been taken to strengthen the trade between the mainland of Greece and Dionian, the most important of which is to ensure the convenience of sea routes.

For example: subdivide the entire route into more than a dozen areas, each area has replenishment points at intervals along the coast, and each area must have warships to cruise day and night, fight pirates, or search and rescue crews in distress. Seaside towns or city-states must expand and improve their own ports, especially lighthouses...

Therefore, even when sailing at night, its safety is greatly improved. Even novice ship operators will not be too nervous, because they will meet the greetings of patrol boats from time to time, and they will see lighthouses on the distant coast from time to time. The Dionian-Greek Nautical Charts in Hand (The Dionian Ministry of Commerce hired some crew members to travel between the Eastern and Western Mediterranean under the instructions of Davos. At the same time, it also invited the Ministry of Military Affairs to send graphics experts. After investigating and correcting errors, I finally drew a more detailed nautical chart, and then sold it to the outside world. It is very popular with merchants and crews, and the supply exceeds supply.) You can roughly judge your location and whether there are any hidden reefs around, even if the ship is suddenly damaged or eaten. If there is not enough water, they can also do their best to reach the nearest supply point or port to the fleet according to the instructions of the lighthouse and map...

So Hesklaus and his fleet traveled day and night, bypassing the entire Peloponnese peninsula without stopping at the shore, and it only took two days to reach Corfu Island.

After the Greek War, Dionia withdrew from the occupation of some islands, such as Zakynthos, Kefalonia, Kithira, Aegina, etc., but there was only one island that did not give up, and that was Corfu. The people of this small island, which was repeatedly contested by Athens and Sparta during the Thebes War, had already been extremely afraid of the war. Under the temptation of the caring people, they offered to join Dionia. Of course Daves could not ask for it.

Today, Corfu Island not only has a number of well-equipped ports, but also a naval port belonging to the First Fleet, where hundreds of warships have been moored for a long time, and there are 2,000 fleet infantry garrisoned.

Corfu has become the first bridge through which the Kingdom of Dionian controls the mainland of Greece, but for Greek merchants, it is the last resting place to reach the mainland of Dionian, and the people living on Corfu Island are therefore Benefited a lot.

The crew rested on the island of Corfu and continued to drive westward, across the Adriatic Sea, and into the Gulf of Turui (someone in the Senate proposed a few years ago: "How can this bay in southern Italy be subordinate to the kingdom?" It’s named after a municipality in China, which often surprised the Gentiles who came to the kingdom for the first time. This bay must be named by the kingdom’s capital, Turri, in order to demonstrate its importance and the kingdom’s majesty..." The proposal was quickly received Passed, Taranto Bay was renamed accordingly).

In the early morning of the 4th day after the departure from the port of Piraeus, Hesklaus's fleet had arrived offshore Turri.

Lirias has lived in Athens for several years, and has always felt that the bustling Piraeus port is the largest port in the world, but when he looked at the coast of Turii from the boat, he was stunned, because he simply saw If you don't reach the coast, all you can see from the south to the north are boats. The densely dense masts turn the coast of Turiyi into a lush forest.

It turned out that after Dionian conquered Greece, although Greece was small and small in population, most of these large and small city-states depended on sea trade for their livelihoods, so the sea trade of Dionian Holy Kingdom suddenly changed. Several times.

Especially in the capital of Turri, the capacity of the port was a bit tight, but now it is not enough. After obtaining the consent of King Daves, the Ministry of Commerce moved from Amendorara to Castel in the entire Turri region. On the coast of Longlong, as long as a port can be built, we should hurry up to build a new port.

Then the Ministry of Commerce named all the ports in the Turiyi area with serial numbers, and classified all imported and exported goods. Each category of goods corresponds to a numbered port, which greatly improves management efficiency and avoids confusion. . At the same time, the Manufacturing Supervision Department has also seized the time to gather a large number of laborers and craftsmen to build two more stone bridges on the Krati River to ensure smooth traffic between the north and the south.

Since the goods sold by Hesklaus and the other Thessaly merchants were different, everyone waved goodbye here, and each took a merchant ship full of their own goods to the corresponding port.

Port No. 5 for loading and unloading pottery is not far to the north of the Krati River. The reason for this arrangement is that the Ministry of Commerce considers pottery is an indispensable commodity in people’s lives, and the demand for pottery is large, and pottery is also easy to be damaged. It is close to the city and is convenient for transportation.

The cargo ship enters the port, docks at the dock, and is handed over to the dock labor to unload the cargo and transport it to the warehouse. The foreman accompanies Hurstlaus to the warehouse office... This process is very similar to the port of Piraeus, but The next thing is different.

"Dionian citizen or Gentile?" the clerk asked.

"Citizen of Dionian, Cesaripelius." Hesklaus replied, and showed the iron plate of Citizen of Dionian to the clerk.

The clerk carefully checked, and then asked: "Have you ever registered with the Ministry of Commerce and have the right to do business?"

"Yes, this is my merchant certificate." Hesklaus skillfully took out another iron card he carried with him.

The clerk carefully checked again, and then asked: "Is this the first time doing business in Turiyi?"

"No, I have been here many times. There is my shop in the pottery market."

"In this case, I won't tell you what you should pay attention to when doing business in Turiya." The clerk said with a serious expression: "But if you are found to be telling lies in the future, as a Dionia citizen, Not only will you be severely punished, but you may also be deprived of your citizenship, do you understand?!"

"understand!"

"Please confirm whether there is an error on the manifest?" The clerk handed him a paper booklet. The paper opened clearly stated the type and quantity of goods carried by Hesklaus, and there was a clerk at the end. (After receiving the enlightenment of Daves, the craftsmen finally produced paper that can be written after countless experiments. The paper was produced and sold in large quantities by the Christoya Chamber of Commerce. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Since Dio The Holy Kingdom of Nia no longer suffers from the shortage of papyrus).

After Hesklaus confirmed that he was correct, he also signed his own name, opened the second sheet, and signed the name at the back of the same content.

The clerk affixed a seal, then tore off one of them, and handed it to Hesklaus. The entire entry inspection is over. It will not be like the port of Piraeus, which has to repeatedly calculate the total value of the imported goods, and then let Merchants pay 10% of the tax and have to measure the fineness of silver coins...very cumbersome.

The terminal workers transported the goods to the seaport for export. After Hesklaus handed the cargo list to the checkpoint for inspection, the port was ready for departure. As the pottery market was not far from the port, he did not let the dock workers continue to deliver, and paid on the spot. Then send someone to notify the staff in the store to move the pottery.

Athens pottery shop, this is the name of Hesklaus' pottery shop, simple and straightforward, but customers can understand it at first glance. Since he was the first pottery merchant from Athens to set up a shop in Turíy (before the Greek War, due to the boycott of the Dionian trade by Athens and its maritime allies, no Athenians did business in Dionian, Dai It’s almost impossible for Onia merchants to buy Athens pottery directly.) Later, Athenian merchants set up a pottery shop in Turei, and it is no longer possible to take a similar shop name, because the "Dionian Law" stipulates that the same type of goods is not allowed There are duplicate store names.

It is said that some Athenian merchants hated Hesklaus, thinking that the great name "Athens Pottery" was desecrated by a Cesari, but no one dared to hurt him blatantly, because he was a Dionian citizen, and Behind it is the protection of Dionia's big shots.

Hercules walked into the store and saw a shelf that was half empty, a smile suddenly appeared on her face: "It seems that business during this period is very good!"